title: Subcutaneous fat distribution in small for gestational age newborns.
abstract: We assessed the anthropometric characteristics of symmetric (SGA-S) and asymmetric (SGA-A) term newborns and describe their subcutaneous fat differences. We assessed perinatal data, maternal characteristics and anthropometric variables (including skinfold thicknesses) in 139 small for gestational age (SGA) term infants, classified as symmetric and asymmetric according to their ponderal index (using the 10(th) percentile as the cut-off criterion). Despite an overall small body size and lower amounts of subcutaneous fat than the reference population, SGA-S term newborns showed a proportionate body fat distribution and SGA-A were thinner and had a lower percentage of central subcutaneous fat than SGA-S. These findings, resulting from intrauterine growth restriction, could be associated with different early and later postnatal outcomes among SGA groups.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Clínico Universitario Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain. gereva@comz.org
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: María Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Collado
authors.forename: María Pilar
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Samper
authors.forename: Mireia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biosca
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Bueno
authors.forename: Sofía
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: Purificación
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: Jesús M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garagorri
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D050218:Body Fat Distribution; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000503:physiopathology; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007236:Infant, Small for Gestational Age / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D012885:Skinfold Thickness; D050151:Subcutaneous Fat / Q000503:physiopathology*